The Kensington Gardens Management Plan informs that the fountain was the gift of 'Mrs Galpin'. We researched this claim, extensively, and could find no Mrs Gilpin who satisfies the evidence, so we think this might be a mistake. See Lady Emily Fortescue, for our evidence.
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Mrs Galpin
Creations i
Time Flies clock tower and drinking fountain
This inscription fails to name the person(s) who erected this substantial mem...
Other Subjects
Sir Montagu Sharpe, KBE, KC, DL
Politician, lawyer, ornithologist and amateur archaeologist. Magistrate and Chairman of the Middlesex County Council. Born Paddington. Knighted in 1922 and became a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middle...
Person, Benefactor, History, Law, Politics & Administration, Romans
4 memorials
1 memorial
Frank George Fabian Jeffery
Kelly's Beckenham Directory for 1916 lists a Frank Jeffery as the manager of London City & Midland Bank Limited 241 Beckenham Road. He seemed to be a good match for the Stanley Halls portrait p...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Jonathan Rashleigh
Born Wiltshire into a wealthy family. First class cricketer. Married Mary Pole Stuart in 1843 and Jane Elizabeth Pugh in 1869. In 1873 he was listed as the largest landowner in Cornwall. Died Menab...
1 memorial
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George Edmund Street
Born in Woodford, Essex His chief work was the Royal Courts of Justice (1868-81) in the Strand.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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